Library Guides: Political Science: Articles

Articles - Social Sciences

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Core database to journal literature in poli sci.

Covers the political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
Sociological Abstracts
Core database to journal literature in sociology.

Provides access to research in sociology and related disciplines. Includes citations since 1963 (and abstracts since 1974) for articles in over 1,500 journals.
PAIS International
A core international relations database. Indexes journals, books, think tank/NGO/IGO materials, gray literature, and government documents from 120 countries.

Provides selective subject and bibliographic access to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries.
Political Science Complete
Complements Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. Both should be checked to ensure a thorough search of the poli sci literature.

Provides full text for over 400 publications, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals, US and foreign. The database also features more than 165 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 27,000 full text conference papers.
Historical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.

Historical Abstracts is an exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more - essential for libraries supporting upper-division and graduate research. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.

(Description taken from EBSCO website.)
EconLit with Full Text
EconLit indexes articles from economics journals, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers. It is a very good source for empirical studies on economics and finance.

EconLit indexes articles from economics journals, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers. It is a very good source for empirical studies on economics and finance.
Use the FindIt links to locate full text of articles that are not included in the database.
HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index

Indexes worldwide informationfrom analyses of political, economic, and social issues to Latin American arts and letterson Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border, and Hispanics in the United States.
LGBT Life with Full-Text
Provides extensive coverage of both scholarly, academic materials, as well as more popular and cultural sources.

Resource covering literature regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues. Coverage includes traditional academic, cultural, lifestyle, and regional publications, as well as non-periodical content such as books, bibliographies and dissertations.
Oxford Handbooks Online in Political Science

A specially curated collection of peer-reviewed articles that discuss cutting-edge research and ensure comprehensive and timely coverage of the ever-expanding study of political science.

Miscellaneous Sources

Annual Review of Political Science
Published since 1998, covers significant developments in the field including political theory and philosophy, international relations, political economy, political behavior, American and comparative politics, public administration and policy, and methodology.

CAIRN Journals
A sort of JSTOR for French-language journals in the social sciences and humanities, with an emphasis on history, political science and sociology.

Full-text of over 400 French-language journals in all subjects, primarily social sciences and humanities with an emphasis on history, psychology, economics, political science and sociology.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Homeland Security Digital Library
Includes documents on policy, strategy, and management from federal, state, and local governments, international institutions, and non-profit and private institutions.

Coverage from wide range of sources, including NGOs, IGOs, government agencies, and Congress. Very wide coverage for both domestic and foreign policy issues.

Articles - Humanities

These databases will be of more use to researchers looking for cross-disciplinary, theoretical scholarship and political philosophy.

ATLA Religion with ATLASerials PLUS
This database is a collection of major religion and theology journals selected by some of the major religion scholars in the United States. Coverage in this database dates back to 1949.

This database is a collection of major religion and theology journals selected by some of the major religion scholars in the United States. Coverage in this database dates back to 1949.
Philosopher's Index

Contains citations and abstracts covering scholarly research in the field of philosophy. Covers all major articles from anthologies and books in English, Spanish, German, Italian, and French as well as 480 journals from 38 countries.
Philpapers
Comprehensive directory of online philosophy articles and books by academic philosophers. Monitors journals in many areas of philosophy, as well as archives and personal pages. Also accepts articles directly from users, who can provide links or upload copies.

PhilPapers is a comprehensive directory of online philosophy articles and books by academic philosophers. We monitor journals in many areas of philosophy, as well as archives and personal pages. We also accept articles directly from users, who can provide links or upload copies
Project Muse

Full-text database of over 100 scholarly journals published by university presses in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.

Search Multiple Databases Simultaneously

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, and PAIS International, and other databases on the ProQuest platform can be searched simultaneously. This can be useful if you are working on an interdisciplinary research topic.

Start in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
Near the upper right corner, click "Change databases".
In the upper right hand corner of the new window: Click "View By Subject."
Expand "Social Sciences Databases."
Check off : PAIS International, Sociological Abstracts.
Click "Use Selected Databases"
Click "Advanced Search"